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/mæn-ʌs/ --- /MAN-us/

Chicago art history and artists in a broader context

Publisher of /mæn-ʌs/: A Chicago Art zine (First issue published October 2025)

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#chicagoart
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sean combines High Renaissance subjects with layers of graffiti aesthetics, bold colors, and hints of modern day life. (from Arch Enemy Arts website).

Sean Patrick Hannaway, Crying Cupid, 2025

Provenance: Arch Enemy Arts, SMALL WONDERS 14, group show, November 7-9, 2025

#chicagoart #art
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Happy 40th Anniversary Psychocandy, music that still resonates to this day. Kudos to The Jesus and Mary Chain!
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Chicago art gallery WEATHERPROOF'S 'THE GIANT RAFFLE AND CATAN TOURNAMENT AND MOVING IMAGE PROGRAM' coming soon! Starts November 22 with weekly games of Catan, Video programming, and a final raffle draw December 13th.

Buy your raffle tix and Catan buy-in from: weatherproof-107142.square.site

#art
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Robert Lostutter (b.1939) is a Chicago artist best known for his paintings of men who are being transformed or masked with plant, fish, and bird forms. In 1998, the Renaissance Society created coasters based on his work, in an edition of 1,000.

Robert Lostutter, Coasters, 1998

#chicagoart #art
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ryan Travis Christian riffs on vintage animation and aesthetics, commonly referencing Chicago imagists, in his dark humor paintings and graphite drawings – which he renders in grayscale. (from the Anthony Gallery website)

Ryan Travis Christian, Keep Calm and Calm Down, 2025

#chicagoart #art
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Chadd Scott reviews Chicago artist Theaster Gates' exhibition “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City.” The exhibition takes its name from Chicagoan Marvin Tate’s (b. 1959) song “City Promenade.” See it at Gray Gallery through December 20, 2025.

www.forbes.com/sites/chadds...

#chicagoart #art
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jazz artist Frank Catalano remembers and celebrates Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick (1958-2025)

www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news...

#tonyfitzpatrick #inmemoriam #chicagoart #chicagoartist #frankcatalano
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Chicago art ephemera: Ralph Arnold "who you/yea baby" exhibition postcard. Show featured paintings, collage, and constructions created 1959-1975. The art exhibit ran from December 7, 2007 - January 5, 2008 at Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery in Chicago.

#ralpharnold #chicagoarti #chicagoartephemera #art
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hüsker Dü. Live. 1985.

Numero Group's "Hüsker Dü 1985: The Miracle Year" from @numerogroup.bsky.social is a 4-LP edition of an entire January 30 1985 set, 20 extra live tracks from the year’s touring schedule, and a deluxe 36-page book. Cannot wait to listen!
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Chicago Art History: Richard Hull, A Painter's Winter, 1985

Provenance: Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 8th Benefit Auction, 1987, lot #14

#richardhull #chicagoart #chicagoartist #chicagoarthistory #art
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Obama Presidential Center
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tim Pigott practices painting, printmaking, embroidery, and animation. Based in Chicago, he takes inspiration from public transit and the city's people and buildings, current, past and imagined.

Tim Pigott, Crisis on Ashland Avenue, 2024

www.suchluck.com

#art #chicagoart #chicagoartist
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dang, their voices were made to sing together.

#georgeandtammy #georgejones #tammyWynette
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
October 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Comedian," a banana duct-taped to a wall, is the name of a 2019 art piece by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It is a fresh banana duct taped to a wall. Three versions of the piece were created. Performance artist David Datuna ate one of the series in a piece called "Hungry Artist."
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
/mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available at Quimby’s Bookstore! Hit them up for not just this but all the cool items they carry.

#zine #chicagoartzine #art #chicagoart #quimbysbookstore #menasgallerychicago #menasgallery #quimbysbookstorechicago
October 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100. Please buy one and share across social media!

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop

#chicagoart #art #artzine #zine
October 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“A Joy Release” with Chicago artist Delisha McKinney

October 11th & 12th, 12 to 5pm at Elephant Room Gallery in Chicago

#chicagoartist #chicagoart #art
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Use your head. Be aware. Give a fuck!"

We could use some of the Positive Mental Attitude so prevalent in parts of the hardcore scene back in the 80's. We thought we could change the world.

7 Seconds, Walk Together, Rock Together, 1986
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM